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A council is trying to legalise camping at its freedom camping sites after realising none of them complied with either national or regional rules.
The Renwick Domain is one of five freedom camping sites run by the Marlborough District Council.
Photo: LDR / Chloe Ranford
Of the five freedom camping sites owned by the Marlborough District Council, two violate national reserve rules and four are waiting on resource consent approval to make camping there legal.
The sites, which saw 4300 tourists over summer, were the only ones to survive an overhaul of the region s freedom camping bylaw six months ago. Eight others were closed.
Maia Hart14:00, May 25 2021
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The new track under State Highway 1 at Tar Barrel is now being used by trains, at the end of a two-year project.
The oldest train tunnel on the Main North Line is officially retired. But it won’t be a long retirement. The 108-year-old Tar Barrel Tunnel will soon be filled with dirt and concreted over, as a new stretch of track, bypassing the tunnel, joins the rail network. The $35 million project to replace the 108-year-old Tar Barrel Tunnel involved laying a kilometre of new track and rerouting State Highway 1 in south Marlborough, with KiwiRail working alongside Waka Kotahi NZTA